7 December 2000 Edition

Jack Bennett

7 December 2000

Jack Bennett, who died last week, was one of the most incisive political thinkers and commentators of his generation. He played a prominent role in the creation of the civil rights movement of the `60s and will be remembered by many for his political column in the old Sunday Press, which he wrote under the name of Claude Gordon. Free article

Constantine remarks show need for amending legislation

7 December 2000

Six-County Policing Oversight Commissioner, Tom Constantine, said on Wednesday that it could take ten years before police membership reflects the community balance. Free article

McGuinness Down Under

7 December 2000

Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator and Executive Education Minister, Martin McGuinness, has spent the last week on a party visit to Australia. Free article

Dublin signs up for EU superarmy

7 December 2000

Last month, the Dublin Government signed up to an army, the purpose of which is to `peace-make' by making war 2,500 miles away from EU shores. Why? Because it's the European Union's grand design to secure vital resources and extend its political and economic order. Free article

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Paras face Kosovo murder charges

7 December 2000

Three members of the 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment who shot dead two Albanians whilst on tour in the Kosovan capital, Pristina, last year will learn this week whether they are to be charged with the killings. The Ministry of Defence said a final decision would would take into account whether it was ``in the public and Service interest `` to charge the soldiers. Free article

Students up the ante

7 December 2000

Students intensified their protests this week with an occupation of the offices of the Department of the Environment, as part of their campaign for increased student maintenance grants. Free article

Support for teachers

7 December 2000

In a statement of support to secondary teachers demonstrating in Dublin on Tuesday, Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said: Free article

The Treaty of Nice

7 December 2000

Suggested voting power in the Council of Ministers: Germany, France, Italy, the UK and Turkey: 33 votes each; Spain and Poland: 26 votes; Romania: 14 votes; Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary: 10 votes; Sweden, Austria and Bulgaria: 8 votes; Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Lithuania: 6 votes each; and Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta: 3 votes each. Free article


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